Durham University is not what it seems, do not go here! Please read!

Original post by Anonymous

my top choice is castle, and Mary's is soon after that :smile:

I'm just wondering why it's such a bad thing to tell people?

Castle is competitive, so don't put all your hopes on getting in there. Castle apparently has similar vibes to St Mary’s and Hatfield.

The Oxbridge reject tag is just a shaming term used to insult people by indirectly saying they were not good enough for Oxbridge. It makes no sense because most of those students go on to top unis like Imperial, Manchester, UCL, Durham, LSE etc. it is ridiculous because there are Imperial rejects, Manchester rejects and Durham rejects, but they don't have a bad rep.

To me, it is best not to mention it just incase the person asking is biased and could treat you the wrong way.

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Original post by Anonymous

Thanks for your help, and I've heard great things about Mary's its a shame that it's catered or it would 100% be my first choice!

No worries. It should be your choice.

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XanaXoid

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Original post by Anonymous

Thanks for your help, and I've heard great things about Mary's its a shame that it's catered or it would 100% be my first choice!

Hi, if you want a self catered accomodation it might be worth having a look at cuth's

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Original post by Wired_1800

Castle is competitive, so don't put all your hopes on getting in there. Castle apparently has similar vibes to St Mary’s and Hatfield.

The Oxbridge reject tag is just a shaming term used to insult people by indirectly saying they were not good enough for Oxbridge. It makes no sense because most of those students go on to top unis like Imperial, Manchester, UCL, Durham, LSE etc. it is ridiculous because there are Imperial rejects, Manchester rejects and Durham rejects, but they don't have a bad rep.

To me, it is best not to mention it just incase the person asking is biased and could treat you the wrong way.

I won't be completely fixated on it :smile:

thanks for explaining that to me, it makes no sense to me either because there are inevitably more good candidates than spaces, I'm happy that I gave it a go instead of not applying for fear if being rejected. I even dislike the word 'reject' haha because it automatically insinuates some form of failure when in reality we can still do well. I won't mention it whenever possible

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Original post by Anonymous

I won't be completely fixated on it :smile:

thanks for explaining that to me, it makes no sense to me either because there are inevitably more good candidates than spaces, I'm happy that I gave it a go instead of not applying for fear if being rejected. I even dislike the word 'reject' haha because it automatically insinuates some form of failure when in reality we can still do well. I won't mention it whenever possible

Exactly.

Good luck at Durham.

Hi there

I love how you are not discouraged by the 'oxbridge reject' tag going on in universities. Nobody has ever really asked me whether I'm an oxbridge reject and honestly it doesn't even come up much- once you're in Durham, there's no point talking about any other university? Plus Durham is as much a good uni as any other so I don't see why people make such a big deal out of it anyway.

Just to point out, castle and cuths do have self-catered blocks but neither of them is actually on the bailey. For Cuths, it's in Parson's Field and that of Castle is New Kepier Court I believe. Just mentioning it because some people imagine they're going to live in the actual castle but end up being accommodated in other blocks and get disappointed!

-Himieka (Official DU Rep)

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Anonymous #2

Original post by Durham Students

Plus Durham is as much a good uni as any other so I don't see why people make such a big deal out of it anyway.

Really is quite an overrated uni unfortunately, having attended Durham as well as other (“not as prestigious unis”) I cannot comprehend how Durham is ranked/valued so highly. Course content/difficulty/facilities/experience/any metric it lags behind so many

Durham is not as good as any other unis out there….it’s worse, but people seem to be blinded by the reputation it somehow acquired….attend other universities and you’ll see it’s a bubble you’re in

Original post by Anonymous

Really is quite an overrated uni unfortunately, having attended Durham as well as other (“not as prestigious unis”) I cannot comprehend how Durham is ranked/valued so highly. Course content/difficulty/facilities/experience/any metric it lags behind so many

Durham is not as good as any other unis out there….it’s worse, but people seem to be blinded by the reputation it somehow acquired….attend other universities and you’ll see it’s a bubble you’re in

Hi there

I understand you might not have liked it as much as other universities but I think it's a really subjective topic. Some people might like it more, others may not but you can't really figure out what sort of experience you're going to have based on how others have felt at Durham. Plus it's not possible to attend all unis at the same time so it's really up to you what matters the most. I've liked most of the facilities during my law study at Durham. Yeah there are some drawbacks that would be better addressed but they're not enough to completely ruin my experience.

-Himieka (Official DU Rep)

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Original post by Anonymous

Really is quite an overrated uni unfortunately, having attended Durham as well as other (“not as prestigious unis”) I cannot comprehend how Durham is ranked/valued so highly. Course content/difficulty/facilities/experience/any metric it lags behind so many

Durham is not as good as any other unis out there….it’s worse, but people seem to be blinded by the reputation it somehow acquired….attend other universities and you’ll see it’s a bubble you’re in

out of curiosity which uni do you attend now?

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Original post by Durham Students

Hi there

I understand you might not have liked it as much as other universities but I think it's a really subjective topic. Some people might like it more, others may not but you can't really figure out what sort of experience you're going to have based on how others have felt at Durham. Plus it's not possible to attend all unis at the same time so it's really up to you what matters the most. I've liked most of the facilities during my law study at Durham. Yeah there are some drawbacks that would be better addressed but they're not enough to completely ruin my experience.

-Himieka (Official DU Rep

I can't help but thinking that the course is better at durham than other unis for my subject, but I suppose like you said everyone will have a different opinion

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Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

out of curiosity which uni do you attend now?

University of Aberdeen

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gooey99

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Last year, the maths students had in person exams while the other departments had online exams. 23/25 of the msc maths students failed at least one exam and had to retake in the summer, while all the maths undergrads had their marks moderated. Do not go to Durham. The teaching is abysmal.

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Original post by gooey99

Last year, the maths students had in person exams while the other departments had online exams. 23/25 of the msc maths students failed at least one exam and had to retake in the summer, while all the maths undergrads had their marks moderated. Do not go to Durham. The teaching is abysmal.

Wow

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3Engineer141592

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Original post by gooey99

Last year, the maths students had in person exams while the other departments had online exams. 23/25 of the msc maths students failed at least one exam and had to retake in the summer, while all the maths undergrads had their marks moderated. Do not go to Durham. The teaching is abysmal.

I cannot empathise how accurate this post is. Horrendous Uni that trades on its’ reputation and has nothing else to show

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